How can you tell if you got the EDGE

Is there a way to tell if the V551 has a EDGE connection or just a
plain GRRS connection?

I went the Cingular phone store yesterday and bluetoothed my PDA right
in the to the internet on the V551. Get right to the web sites I
usually use with my Siemens S56 phone. However, the speed was the
same as through my S56. Tech Rep said they had edge, but I could not
see the difference. Test I ran was to view the Yahoo Finance page.
Took 15 - 19 seconds to download on either phone.

Is there a way to tell if the V551 has an EDGE connection or just a
plain GRRS connection. This was in South Jersey (next to Philadelphia
and also in New Castle, Delaware). Was going to buy the new phone,
but could see no reason if there is no improvement in speeded.

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jeff wrote:
> Is there a way to tell if the V551 has a EDGE connection or just a
> plain GRRS connection?
>
> I went the Cingular phone store yesterday and bluetoothed my PDA right
> in the to the internet on the V551. Get right to the web sites I
> usually use with my Siemens S56 phone. However, the speed was the
> same as through my S56. Tech Rep said they had edge, but I could not
> see the difference. Test I ran was to view the Yahoo Finance page.
> Took 15 - 19 seconds to download on either phone.
>
> Is there a way to tell if the V551 has an EDGE connection or just a
> plain GRRS connection. This was in South Jersey (next to Philadelphia
> and also in New Castle, Delaware). Was going to buy the new phone,
> but could see no reason if there is no improvement in speeded.


Out of curiosity, what kind of PDA are you using? In general, are there
some good bluetooth PDAs with web browsers on them?

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (jeff) wrote:

> Is there a way to tell if the V551 has a EDGE connection or just a
> plain GRRS connection?
>
> I went the Cingular phone store yesterday and bluetoothed my PDA right
> in the to the internet on the V551. Get right to the web sites I
> usually use with my Siemens S56 phone. However, the speed was the
> same as through my S56. Tech Rep said they had edge, but I could not
> see the difference. Test I ran was to view the Yahoo Finance page.
> Took 15 - 19 seconds to download on either phone.
>
> Is there a way to tell if the V551 has an EDGE connection or just a
> plain GRRS connection. This was in South Jersey (next to Philadelphia
> and also in New Castle, Delaware). Was going to buy the new phone,
> but could see no reason if there is no improvement in speeded.

One way - go to www.phonescoop.com and read the phone details.

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=591

and it says it does have EDGE capability, but many users say EDGE doesnt
deliver advertised speeds:

<http://forums.attwireless.com/attws/...=EDGE&message.
id=727>

NAVAS of course will disagree as Cingular is perfect.

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Bob Horvath <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> jeff wrote:
I use a HP 2215 Pocket PC with built in Bluetooth. It works well. I
can use it to connect to just about anything, laptop, desktop, phones,
etc. There is usally no delay between the device and the PDA when
using bluetooth. If i connect to the internet via my laptop I can then
connect to the internet via my pda via bluetooth. It's as fast as
being on the laptop, just a smaller screen.

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In <[email protected]> on 2 Dec 2004 18:32:59
-0800, [email protected] (jeff) wrote:

>Is there a way to tell if the V551 has a EDGE connection or just a
>plain GRRS connection?

Not directly -- you only can infer EDGE (actually EGPRS) from higher speed.

>I went the Cingular phone store yesterday and bluetoothed my PDA right
>in the to the internet on the V551. Get right to the web sites I
>usually use with my Siemens S56 phone. However, the speed was the
>same as through my S56. Tech Rep said they had edge, but I could not
>see the difference. Test I ran was to view the Yahoo Finance page.
>Took 15 - 19 seconds to download on either phone.
>
>Is there a way to tell if the V551 has an EDGE connection or just a
>plain GRRS connection. This was in South Jersey (next to Philadelphia
>and also in New Castle, Delaware). Was going to buy the new phone,
>but could see no reason if there is no improvement in speeded.

EGPRS will only give faster speeds than GPRS in good signal conditions.
In poor signal conditions, speed will be roughly the same.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <[email protected]> on Fri, 03 Dec
2004 10:47:41 GMT, Jack Zwick <[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (jeff) wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to tell if the V551 has a EDGE connection or just a
>> plain GRRS connection?
>>
>> I went the Cingular phone store yesterday and bluetoothed my PDA right
>> in the to the internet on the V551. Get right to the web sites I
>> usually use with my Siemens S56 phone. However, the speed was the
>> same as through my S56. Tech Rep said they had edge, but I could not
>> see the difference. Test I ran was to view the Yahoo Finance page.
>> Took 15 - 19 seconds to download on either phone.
>>
>> Is there a way to tell if the V551 has an EDGE connection or just a
>> plain GRRS connection. This was in South Jersey (next to Philadelphia
>> and also in New Castle, Delaware). Was going to buy the new phone,
>> but could see no reason if there is no improvement in speeded.
>
>One way - go to www.phonescoop.com and read the phone details.
>
>http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=591
>
>and it says it does have EDGE capability,

You failed to understand his question -- read more carefully.

>but many users say EDGE doesnt
>deliver advertised speeds:
>
><http://forums.attwireless.com/attws/...=EDGE&message.
>id=727>
>
>NAVAS of course will disagree as Cingular is perfect.

I disagree because EDGE does deliver advertised and even higher speeds, as
documented in results I've posted here previously.

You have no idea what you're talking about (as usual) because you've never
actually used EDGE.

Chicken Little just keeps on going, and going, and going...

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>